Lab Members
Professor
Blanche Bender Professorship in Cancer Research
MD Anderson Distinguished Educator
Deputy Department Chair
SArur@MDAnderson.org
Research Staff
Tokiko Furuta, B.S.
Coordinator, Research Lab
TFurata@MDAnderson.org
Shin Yu Chen, M.S.
Research Investigator
SChen3@MDAnderson.org
Amelia Li, B.S.
Laboratory Technical Assistant
HALi6@MDAnderson.org
Research Track Faculty
Debabrata Das, Ph.D.
Instructor
Ben F. Love Endowed Fellow in Innovative Cancer Therapies
"Involvement of Ras/ERK Signaling in the Regulation of Oocyte Development and Growth in C. elegans"
DDas2@MDAnderson.org
Postdoctoral Fellows
Han Bit Baek, Ph.D.
T32 (TPEHS) Postdoctoral Fellow
"Intersection of Maternal Nutrition and Female Germ Cell Development"
HBaek@MDAnderson.org
Rarea Drula, Ph.D.
MD Anderson Odyssey Postdoctoral Fellow
"Lineage Plasticity, Phosphorylated Dicer and Cancer Progression"
RCDrula@MDAnderson.org
Kenneth Trimmer, Ph.D.
T32 TPEHS Training Grant Fellow
"Modelling Germ Cell Behaviors in C. elegans"
KATrimmer@MDAnderson.org
Xingxing Yan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
"Drosha, Female MicroRNAs and Oocyte to Embryo Transition"
XYan5@MDAnderson.org
Graduate Students
Nick Newkirk, B.S.
American Legion Auxiliary Cancer Research Fellow, 2022¨C2023
Â鶹ӳ» MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Genetics and Epigenetics Program
HNewkirk@MDAnderson.org
Postbaccalaureate
Melany Puente, B.S.
Partnership for Careers in Cancer Science and Medicine Program
Women Minority Program Trainee
MDPuente@MDAnderson.org
Alumni
Shuo Chueh (Janet) Cheng, M.Sc.
Master's Student, 2022¨C2024
School of Health Professions, Diagnostic Genetics and Genomics Program
Raisa A. Reyes Castro, Ph.D.
Graduate Student: 2019¨C2023
Current position: Medical School University of Puerto Rico
Jacob Ortega, Ph.D.
Graduate Student 2018¨C2024
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Josh Mendell, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jacob Seemann
Research Assistant II, 2017¨C2023
Current position: Medical School Student, School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio
Chia-Wen (Charlotte) Lee, M.S.
Research Assistant I: 2016¨C2020
Current position: Medical Technologist, Taiwan
Amanda Minogue, Ph.D.
Graduate Student: 2016¨C2020
Current position: Proposal Development Coordinator, University of Washington
Jessica (Jie) Chen
Research Assistant: 2013¨C2015
Current position: Assistant Professor, Drexel University
Andrew Lopez
Research Assistant: 2012¨C2014
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Houston
Hyoe-Jin Joo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate: 2011¨C2016
Current position: Teaching Faculty, Lone Star Community College
Melanie Drake, B.S.
Research Assistant: 2011¨C2014
Current position: TEM Faculty, Fort Bend Middle School